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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Some Disks Are in the Foreign State After the Windows OS Is Restored</h1>
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   <p>Bare metal restoration of a dynamic disk is performed in the WinPE system. After the restoration is complete, the OS considers the disk as a foreign dynamic disk. As a result, some disks are in the Foreign state after the Windows OS is restored.</p>
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    <p class="msonormal">You have logged in to the Windows OS.</p>
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     <li><span>In Windows Server 2016 (as an example), press <strong>Windows+R</strong> to open the <strong>Run</strong> dialog box.</span></li>
     <li><span>In the <strong>Run</strong> dialog box, enter <strong>diskmgmt.msc</strong> to access the <strong>Disk Management</strong> page, as shown in <a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000002102764745__fig2097983011565">Figure 1</a>.</span><p></p>
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     <li><span>Right-click the foreign disk and choose <span class="uicontrol"><b>Import Foreign Disks</b></span> from the shortcut menu.</span></li>
     <li><span>In the <strong>Import Foreign Disks</strong> dialog box, select the disk group and click <span class="uicontrol"><b>OK</b></span>.</span></li>
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